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* BUGKLE.

. o. 248,027; PatentedOot. 11.18 81.

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILBUR F. CORNELIUS, OF MUNcIE; INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF TO THEODORE F. ROSE ANDJOHN W. GARNER, OF SAMEIPLAOE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part" of Letters Patent No. 248,027, dated October 11, 1881.

I Application filed May 12, 1881. (No model.)

to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification, andin which- Figure l is a perspective of the buckle attached to a strap. Fig.2 isa longitudinal ver- 4 tical section taken on a line near the tongue.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the two principal parts detached from each other; Fig. 4 isa vertical cross-section taken immediately back of the cross-bar.

My device relates to the fastening for attachmentof a buckle to a strap; and it consists-in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to construct and operate the same, I will now proceed to describe it.

A represents the loop of the buckle; B, the cross-bar, and O the tongue.

The sides of the loop A are extended back \vard,forming arms D and E, that sustain a serrated cross-plate, F, extending from arm to armupon a plane below that of the cross-bar B, and the ends of these arms terminate in curved ends,tormingseatsGand H, for receiving the bearings of the clamping device I.

The outer sides of the loop A, near the ends of the cross-bar B, are made with projections formed with an oval upper surface terminating in a right angle, and a plain under surface forming shoulders Kand L, to receive the arms M and N of the clamp I.

The clamp I consists of apiece of metal, 0,

extending across the buckle over the bearing G and H and then downward on the outside of the arms D and E a suitable distance to form the arms M and N, and connect with the bearings P and Q and support the serrated crossplate R.

In fastening the buckle to astrap the clamping device I is taken oft and the strap is passed over the tongue and the end is brought under the cross-bar B and laid on the plate F under the strap. The clamping device is then put on by placing the bearings P and Q in the seats G and H (the arms M and N being vertical) and bringing the serrated cross-plate R down on the strap'by forcingthearmsM-and N down under the shoulders K and L, where they will remain, these arms being made sufficiently elastic for this purpose.

To release the buckle any suitable instrument is used to pry one of the arms out from under the shoulder, and the clamping device lifted ott'.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent-- 1. The loop A, provided with extended arms, serrated plate F, seats Grand H,and shoulders K and L, substantially as shown and described.

2. The clamping device I, consistingof the piece 0, arms M and N, bearings P and Q, and serrated cross-plate It, substantially as shown and described.

3. In abuckle, the combination of the loop A, provided with extended arms, seats, and shoulders, wi th the clampingdevice I, provided with arms and bearings, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILBUR F. CORNELIUS.

Witnesses HENRY G. KLEIN, WILL. O. KLEIN. 

